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Lanier School for Inquiry, Investigation, and Innovation
August 12, 2025
🗓️Upcoming Dates
August 12: MAP Growth Testing Begins
August 13: UNG Intern Meet and Greet
August 14: MAP Growth Report Meeting 2:30 ALL Teachers in LC
August 15: Southern Baked Pie $12
August 21: Leadership Meeting 2:30 in PL Room
August 22: LAST DAY MAP Growth
August 25: TKES Pre-Conferences in PL Room at 2:45, K-2 & Connections
August 26: TKES Pre-Conferences in PL Room at 2:45, 3-5 & Academic Specialists
August 27: Benchmark PL Day with Coach Kayla
August 26-29: Book Fair
August 29: Tailgate Lunch
September 1: NO School
September 4: Faculty Meeting 2:30 - 3:45
September 5: Wildcat Way Day 8:00 - 8:45
September 9: Tier 3 Meetings
September 12: GKIDS Readiness Due on ALL Kindergarten Students
September 15: SpEd Team Meeting 2:30
From Principal, Alli
From Principal, Alli
Wow! What an amazing ⭐start to the 25-26 school year. I cannot thank you enough for your diligence and hard work to get everyone on track with the routines and procedures of Lanier! I encourage you to continue to use your "Launch" time to reiterate what your literacy time should look like and make sure kids are comfortable with the drill prior to beginning Unit 1. I also encourage you, new or seasoned, to reach out to Kate if you have curriculum questions. She is here to support and walk alongside you as we continue to meet the needs of our students.
Thank you to those of you who have already completed the Compliance Modules and signed off on Beth's door. If you haven't completed them, please do so by Aug. 29th. The Beginning of the Year checklists can be turned in to me (yellow folder on my desk).
As always, we have hit the ground running and will be at full throttle before you know it. Don't forget to enjoy these moments of "firsts" with your students. All too quickly, we are going to look up and it'll be Christmas break. Until then, settle in and work your magic, as we strive to be "better today, than yesterday"!🌞
Quick Links:
Quick Links:
Bruster's Ice Dates/Order Link
September 12
October 10
November 14
December 12
January 9
February 15
March 13
April 17
May 8
From Assistant Principal, Beth
From Assistant Principal, Beth
Thank you all for a fantastic start to the school year! Each new year brings a sense of excitement and allows everyone, from adults to students, a fresh new start. Every student and teacher will run their race this school year. As runners compete against themselves for a better time each race, teachers and students will all strive to be better today than yesterday.
Below you will find important information and upcoming due dates. Please read over the information and put the due dates on your calendar! To the left, under Quick Links, you will find links to resources you may need throughout the year. These are also linked in our School-Wide Drive here. Please make sure your schedule is posted outside your classroom and linked here by Friday, August 15th. Please reach out at any time if you have a question, concern, or need assistance in any way.
Amira Reading Fluency Training
Amira Implementation Guide linked here
All K-3 teachers and Academic Specialists will complete two modules found here
Amira Assess Module and Amira Tutor Module completed by Friday, August 22nd
Uploaded certificates from completed modules here
Math Fact Fluency Scores
All K-5 students' Math BOY Math Facts Scores in Analytic View by Friday, August 15
Math Fact Fluency Data in Analytic Vue Directions linked here
Please let me know ASAP if you are unable to view Analytic Vue or if your rosters are not available
PBIS Updates:
This year, we will have four PBIS Celebrations, one every 9 weeks. The celebrations will be during connections, each party with the dates as follows: Please list each student who is eligible for the celebration on this document. Each 9 weeks, we recognize the student who earned the most DOJO points in the homeroom, grade level, and the student who earned the most school-wide. List your class winner for the student who earned the most dojo points for the first 9 weeks here by Wednesday, October 8th.
Spooky Glow Party-October 10th
Hot Chocolate Celebration-December 12th
Bubble Bash-March 13th
Water Games Celebration-May 15th
To qualify for the celebrations, your students must have 100 points each 9 weeks. A student should be given Dojo points for being Positive, Accountable, Willing, and Safe. You can see the behavior matrix for Lanier HERE.
From Instructional Coach, Kate ♥
From Instructional Coach, Kate ♥
Please ensure that ALL 9 of the Eureka2 instructional routines are known and put into practice. You can find them here.
We will NOT be getting more QPA/QSA recording forms. Linked below are the PDFs from the Benchmark Universe
QPA / QPS Data due September 24th Data Spreadsheet Here
Counselor Links:
Personal Phone #: 678-617-4869
Work Extension #: 06-10080
From Olivia, School Counselor
Thank you so much to everyone who has had me into their classrooms already for my intro lesson! It is so great to reconnect with students and meet our new ones!
If you haven't signed up for an intro lesson, you can do so here!
If there is something you need in your classroom, please let me know! Even if that is just a listening ear or support!
Wildcat Way Day Information
We will continue our Wildcat Way Day celebration! The first Friday of every month, your class and your Wildcat Way Day partner class will team up and do an activity based on the character trait of the month.
Our first celebration will be September 5th, celebrating the character trait KINDNESS. You can see all the months' character traits HERE.
I will pair you up with your partner class based on responses to this survey! Please fill this out as I will pair up based on the order I get them.
Welcome Back! Thank you for being so patient last week as we got Chromebooks into rooms and students' hands, passwords changed and everyone logged in for the first time. Please let us know if we missed something!
This week is Library Orientation week. We will review library procedures and get everyone started checking out books. I'm looking forward to meeting all of our new Wildcats!
August 26-29 is Book Fair shopping for students. I will send the schedule out next week for you to sign up for two times for you your class to visit the Fair. We will have a teacher preview on Monday August 25.
If you know a parent/grandparent who would be interested in volunteering to help with the book fair, please send them my way or give me their name and I will contact them. Most of my volunteers from the past few years are busy with grand babies or have moved on to the middle school and other volunteer adventures!
August 15
September 19
October 17
November 21
January 16
February 20
April 17
Southern Baked Savory Pies for Lunch?
Southern Baked Savory Pies for Lunch?
The 3rd Friday of each month is our Southern Baked Pie Day. Our first order will be for August 15. Pies are $12 each and you get a free slice of dessert pie with each savory pie ordered. The order and payment have to be submitted by 9am the day before so if you intend to order please follow the link below fill out the order form & Venmo your $12 payment to @Allyson-David before August 14.
ESOL
ESOL
Happy New School Year! So far, our ESOL numbers are looking like:
Kindergarten- 13
First Grade- 11
Second Grade- 13
Third Grade- 19 (1 monitored)
Fourth Grade- 16 (1 monitored)
Fifth Grade- 12 (10 monitored)
All 84 of our students will be receiving services from 3 different models:
Pull Out: Students leave the classroom and come to our ESOL classroom for the services.
Push In: We come into your classroom and serve our ESOL kids during their instruction in your room to provide extra language support.
Innovative: An ESOL-endorsed teacher serves their own ESOL students.
We are SO beyond excited for the year ahead, and we are always here to plan, meet, discuss, and support you in any way to best meet our students' needs! :)- Julie & Kirby
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